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the focus on foreign policy has changed. margaret, a month ago we were still talking almost entirely about jobs and the economy. now we've had a u.s. ambassador murdered in libya. there's been general... much more attention to foreign policy. i think we had good jobs numbers as well. remember that. >> warner: last friday. the romney campaign is looking to go where the ducks are. at this moment the economic numbers are good for the white house but there's more and more controversy about foreign policy and leadership. >> warner: what would you add to that, susan? did they see this as an opportunity to be seized? >> i think the romney camp understands he needs to be seen as a credible commander in chief if he's going to be elected president. there's a bar he needs to get over. i don't think they're going to stick on this issue much it's pretty clear that even though foreign policy has risen a bit and even though there was an opening because of the white house's changing explanation of the attacks in benghazi that killed our amb
the focus on foreign policy has changed. margaret, a month ago we were still talking almost entirely about jobs and the economy. now we've had a u.s. ambassador murdered in libya. there's been general... much more attention to foreign policy. i think we had good jobs numbers as well. remember that. >> warner: last friday. the romney campaign is looking to go where the ducks are. at this moment the economic numbers are good for the white house but there's more and more controversy about...
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policy- richard haas, president of the council on foreign relations. he's in chicago. and in boston, former u.s. diplomat nicholas burns, now with the kennedy school of government at harvard university. welcome to you both. let me just ask you to start broadly speaking. what do we take away from last night's debate in terms of how well these two candidates understand american foreign policy and would be a good steward of it? let me start with you. nick burns. >> well, judy, this may sound startling to say in our present red-blue divided partisan environment but i think we have two impressive people running for president. they're both knowledgeable. they're both very smart about the issues. both of them have been successful in nearly everything they've tried in their professional lives. president obama was clearly the more knowledgeable and nuanced and even some's ticketed in the way he describedded the challenges to us on the foreign policy and national security landscape. i thought that governor romney had a very strong moment in the debate, a very go
policy- richard haas, president of the council on foreign relations. he's in chicago. and in boston, former u.s. diplomat nicholas burns, now with the kennedy school of government at harvard university. welcome to you both. let me just ask you to start broadly speaking. what do we take away from last night's debate in terms of how well these two candidates understand american foreign policy and would be a good steward of it? let me start with you. nick burns. >> well, judy, this may sound...
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but foreign policy is also getting attention lately. driven in large part by the benghazi attack that killed a u.s. ambassador. it's the subject of tonight's debate. >> when it comes to our national security... >> brown: the president pointed to his record in last week's face-off >> i said we would go after al qaeda and bin laden, we have. i said we'd transition out of afghanistan and start making sure that afghans were responsible for their own security. that's what i'm doing. >> brown: but republican mitt romney has accused president obama of projecting weakness. >> it is our responsibility and the responsibility of the president to use america's greatest power to shape history, not to lead from behind. leaving our destiny at the mercy of events. >> brown: iran's nuclear weapons program has been a partular a flash point. over the weekend the "new york times" reported washington and tehran had, for the first time, agreed to one-on-one talks following the election. the white house denied there was a deal but did not deny it was pursuing
but foreign policy is also getting attention lately. driven in large part by the benghazi attack that killed a u.s. ambassador. it's the subject of tonight's debate. >> when it comes to our national security... >> brown: the president pointed to his record in last week's face-off >> i said we would go after al qaeda and bin laden, we have. i said we'd transition out of afghanistan and start making sure that afghans were responsible for their own security. that's what i'm...
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>> i think it tells us that the foreign policy debate is being diverted to side issues. it's a tragedy what happened in human sense it's important. but in terms of large national policy, that's something discussed. i think those who are charging the president with responsibility here overlook the fact that there are presidents for failing to assume responsibility. as for example, prior to 9/11 when the president and the secretary of state then were briefed about the rising threat against the united states. >> brown: let me stay with you, mr. brzezinski. when we look at the ryan-romney... excuse me, the romney-ryan team talking about this foreign policy mess, the unraveling as paul ryan referred to it, particularly including libya and the larger middle east policy, what do you see? what do you make of that? >> well, i'm afraid there is truth in the fact that the position of the united states in the middle east is unraveling. but one has to go back a number of years and ask what has set that process in motion? i'm afraid that the united states simply has fumbled over the y
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obama challenged his rival's foreign policy credentials. good evening. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, margaret warner examines where the candidates stand on foreign policy issues as romney embarks on a three-country trip. >> ifill: then, we have a report from damascus on the aftermath of fierce fighting, as government forces use helicopter gunships and heavy artillery to pound the rebels. >> woodruff: and in a second election story, ray suarez reports on a voting rights showdown in a battleground state. >> a court here will be asked to decide whether pennsylvania can run next november's elections with one of the toughest voter i.d. laws in the country still in place. >> ifill: i sat down with sir elton john to talk about his new book and his determination to put an end to the aids crisis. >> i feel strong enough and lucky enough to open up and say "i'm h.i.v.-positive" then we're facing an uphill battle. >> woodruff: and we talk with miles o'brien about the lasting legacy of the first american woman to enter
obama challenged his rival's foreign policy credentials. good evening. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, margaret warner examines where the candidates stand on foreign policy issues as romney embarks on a three-country trip. >> ifill: then, we have a report from damascus on the aftermath of fierce fighting, as government forces use helicopter gunships and heavy artillery to pound the rebels. >> woodruff: and in a second election...
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, aid and foreign economic policy, the importance of introducing market incentives into our foreign economic policy. so all in all after all the sound bites and after all the negative clips, today was a thoughtful, positive day for american politics. wherever you come out in the political process i actually thought it was again the best day of the campaign season. >> ifill: always good to have a thoughtful, positive day. richard haas president for the council of foreignay relations, ambassador nicholas burns at harvard kennedy school. thank you both so much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: next, a new dispatch from the difficult job market. newshour economics correspondent paul solman has long chronicled just how tough it is to get hired. tonight he looks at how one of the big changes in recent years-- applying online-- is not working for many seeking a job. it's part of his ongoing reporting, "making sense of financial news." reporter: at mclean bible, a mega church in vienna, virginia, the appropriately mega career network ministry. in a labor market increasingly dominated by on-line job search
, aid and foreign economic policy, the importance of introducing market incentives into our foreign economic policy. so all in all after all the sound bites and after all the negative clips, today was a thoughtful, positive day for american politics. wherever you come out in the political process i actually thought it was again the best day of the campaign season. >> ifill: always good to have a thoughtful, positive day. richard haas president for the council of foreignay relations,...
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not just on economic decision-making but political reform, social reform and even some foreign policy issues. and we're not going to see until probably well after the congress that kind of sclerosis lifting. it's going to take awhile it will take the new leadership some time to get their feet, as it were. but it's really hobbled the decision-making structure. we had a vacuum at the top of the system. weak leadership, lack of vision, inability to move to tackle the economy. not just slowing growth rate and export as broad. it's growing nonperforming loans and bank indebtedness, social inequities. whole series of issues that plague the economy going forward. >> time quick question, there are plenty of other party leaders who live beyond the obvious means of the government official. is that at all risky for them to file these kind of charges against bo? >> absolutely. he is not unique, we say. he is unique in that he was involved in a homicide or the cover-up of a homicide and his own political style is slightly unique but in terms of corruption, he is more representative, i would say, o
not just on economic decision-making but political reform, social reform and even some foreign policy issues. and we're not going to see until probably well after the congress that kind of sclerosis lifting. it's going to take awhile it will take the new leadership some time to get their feet, as it were. but it's really hobbled the decision-making structure. we had a vacuum at the top of the system. weak leadership, lack of vision, inability to move to tackle the economy. not just slowing...
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mitt romney has criticized you on iran and said hope is not a foreign policy. he also said that you are america's most feckless president since carter. what would you like to say to mr. romney? >> good luck tonight. (laughing) >> no, really. >> really. >> reporter: but mr. obama turned serious on republicans demands for military action against iran's nuclear program. he said they're beating the drums of war but don't understand the costs. >> this is not a game. there's nothing casual about it. you know, when i see some of these folks who have a lot of bluster and a lot of big talk but when you actually ask them specifically what they would do, it turns out they repeat the things that we've been doing over the last three years. if some of these folks think that it's time to launch a war, they should say so. they should explain to the american people exactly why they would do that and what the consequences would be. everything else is just talk. >> reporter: the president also ridiculed suggestions by some republicans that he wants gas prices to move higher still
mitt romney has criticized you on iran and said hope is not a foreign policy. he also said that you are america's most feckless president since carter. what would you like to say to mr. romney? >> good luck tonight. (laughing) >> no, really. >> really. >> reporter: but mr. obama turned serious on republicans demands for military action against iran's nuclear program. he said they're beating the drums of war but don't understand the costs. >> this is not a game....
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. >> brown: now we move to one more monday on foreign policy. now beyond a few areas, have we had much of a deep discussion about foreign policy? what are you looking for in this one? >> we've had a discussion of benghazi and i suppose we will go over that ground again. >> brown: yeah. >> but what i am looking for is not a rehearsal last four years. i think what each candidate is going to try to do and should try to doing, not some of define what are they going to do on iran or benghazi or china. how hard are they going to bash china. it's to lay out a vision that reflects their personality. frankly i think very few people are voting on foreign policy this year but i do think they are voting on vision for the country and what policy reflects their personality. dick morris, god lover him or whatever god wants to do with him, did have a nice formulation, which is policy as an instration of character. and how you see america's role in the world is going to be reflect-- reflection of your character. so i'm looking for forward looking broad vision mo
. >> brown: now we move to one more monday on foreign policy. now beyond a few areas, have we had much of a deep discussion about foreign policy? what are you looking for in this one? >> we've had a discussion of benghazi and i suppose we will go over that ground again. >> brown: yeah. >> but what i am looking for is not a rehearsal last four years. i think what each candidate is going to try to do and should try to doing, not some of define what are they going to do on...
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but second, especially foreign policy. being a foreign policy specialist is not necessarily the easiest ticket to re-election. there are a lot of heads of committees and things like that who have just lost. >> brown: especially a year like this. >> especially when people hate washington. my friends in indiana say he is facing an extremely tough race, but he is a supreme senate institutionalist. >> brown: . >> now speaking of the middle, how politicians play to it, this was the week when mitt romney closed the deal, so to speak, right. >> uh-huh. >> brown: does he now move to the middle? what does he do? >> well, he doesn't move to the middle, and announce i'm moving to the middle. but the middle does matter in american politics, jeff, as long as independents and those who are undecided, ticket splitters make the decision who becomes the next president. so it does matter. nd there is no question that mitt romney was pushed to the right by the campaign and probably beyond his natural comfort zone. but to win he had to move o
but second, especially foreign policy. being a foreign policy specialist is not necessarily the easiest ticket to re-election. there are a lot of heads of committees and things like that who have just lost. >> brown: especially a year like this. >> especially when people hate washington. my friends in indiana say he is facing an extremely tough race, but he is a supreme senate institutionalist. >> brown: . >> now speaking of the middle, how politicians play to it, this...
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foreign policy in syria. >> america leads, just like ronald reagan led during the cold war, and where we can make a difference, we should, and that does not mean, i emphasize, an american ground invasion. >> brown: then, a scientific breakthrough. we examine a new genetic map of the trillions of micro-organisms that live in and on our bodies. >> woodruff: from cambodia, fred de sam lazaro reports on the working conditions in the country's garment industry, which exports much of its clothing to the united states. >> many factories have been plagued by labor unrest, occasionally it's been violent. there have been frequent reports of workers fainting on the factory floor. >> brown: margaret warner handles the daily download. tonight's topic: politicians and others using phony social-media pages to attack their opponents. >> woodruff: and spencer michels interviews a filmmaker who has chronicled the early days of the aids epidemic in san francisco. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> growing up in arctic norway, everybody t
foreign policy in syria. >> america leads, just like ronald reagan led during the cold war, and where we can make a difference, we should, and that does not mean, i emphasize, an american ground invasion. >> brown: then, a scientific breakthrough. we examine a new genetic map of the trillions of micro-organisms that live in and on our bodies. >> woodruff: from cambodia, fred de sam lazaro reports on the working conditions in the country's garment industry, which exports much...
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and the problem with coming out with specifics, whether it's on economic policy or foreign policy, is that it gives more for your critics to pick at and criticize as well as giving americans a better sense of what you do in office. >> ifill: so we can assume that the people in chicago, the obama folks are just kicked back, happy about this, got it in the bag, right? >> not quite. . although i think they feel... clearly they feel better than they did before the conventions. i think their belief is they have now a more solid lead. however small it may be. it is a more solid lead than they had going into the conventions. i think they also think that this race will tighten further. they know the pitfalls ahead with the debates. but they also have an enormous amount of confidence in their ground game compared to where they think the romney campaign is. >> ifill: it's also impossible now to pick up a newspaper article or read anything about politics right now and not hear about the grumbling, the in-fighting and the romney campaign. is that what you're reporting is showing as well, this pol
and the problem with coming out with specifics, whether it's on economic policy or foreign policy, is that it gives more for your critics to pick at and criticize as well as giving americans a better sense of what you do in office. >> ifill: so we can assume that the people in chicago, the obama folks are just kicked back, happy about this, got it in the bag, right? >> not quite. . although i think they feel... clearly they feel better than they did before the conventions. i think...
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president obama and mitt romney intensified their attacks on each other over foreign policy, the economy and taxes as they count down to their first debate. deep deen told reporters in new york that israel has no roots in the middle east and would be eliminated. his comments came ahead of the annual united nations general assembly session. and the backlash against extremists in libya gained momentum, as the army named two officers to replace the heads of two of the most powerful islamist militias. online we feature the work of a veteran recently recognized for his poetry. hari sreenivasan explains. >> sreenivasan: earlier this month, army veteran hugh martin won a new literary prize from the "iowa review" in a contest open only to active duty military personnel and veterans. hear him read his poem "intravenous" on art beat. and our partners at global post report from a hospital in battle-torn aleppo, syria. a warning: that video may be disturbing to some viewers. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, paul
president obama and mitt romney intensified their attacks on each other over foreign policy, the economy and taxes as they count down to their first debate. deep deen told reporters in new york that israel has no roots in the middle east and would be eliminated. his comments came ahead of the annual united nations general assembly session. and the backlash against extremists in libya gained momentum, as the army named two officers to replace the heads of two of the most powerful islamist...
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but also this ist an election that is going to be decided on foreign policy. >> you don't think so. >> no, this san election that going to be decided on people's assessment of the state of economy, the state of their well-being, and on their assessment of the characters of these two men. to the extent that this is a character question, maybe, i don't think it will make anybody like him more but while i am very o februaried by it as you can tell, you i don't think it is disastrous. and just one really interesting number from the polls, about people's a zms of the state of the world, 30% of people in the gallop poll this week said they were satisfied with the direction the country was going in. that might sound pathetic, 30%. buttt's up from 11% a year ago. and that tells you something about where it is going. >> when george w. bush was re-elected in '04 it was about 32% it wasust much higher. that was a close race where the climate was against imhad. the climate is against the status quo. >> dow agree that foreign policy is to the going to be a big factor. you have as just reported in
but also this ist an election that is going to be decided on foreign policy. >> you don't think so. >> no, this san election that going to be decided on people's assessment of the state of economy, the state of their well-being, and on their assessment of the characters of these two men. to the extent that this is a character question, maybe, i don't think it will make anybody like him more but while i am very o februaried by it as you can tell, you i don't think it is disastrous....
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>> well, we can all expect that joe biden will do better on the foreign policy. it's never been paul ryan's main interest and it's always been joeoeiden's main interest so you would think he would have natural advantage there. one quick disagreement i had with mark is i'm afraid ryan is going to go too walk shaw. i'm struck by the fact that the two most important performances of this campaign-- bill clinton's and mitt romney's in that debate-- were the two wonkiests. somehow i think in a moment of great cynicism people like to be talked to in a serious powerpoint sort of way in which a lot of us in the media think oh, it's over their heads, they'll be bored. >> pelley: but don't be folksy? >> i wouldn't go too far away from the statistics and data which is ryan's home turf. >> the difference is bill clinton used the word arithmetic i've never heard paul ryan use the word arithmetic. arithmetic is a word understood by people who only went to the sixth grade or people with ph.d.s. it's one thing to be wonky and not to do it in obscure language that's off putting. i
>> well, we can all expect that joe biden will do better on the foreign policy. it's never been paul ryan's main interest and it's always been joeoeiden's main interest so you would think he would have natural advantage there. one quick disagreement i had with mark is i'm afraid ryan is going to go too walk shaw. i'm struck by the fact that the two most important performances of this campaign-- bill clinton's and mitt romney's in that debate-- were the two wonkiests. somehow i think in a...
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obama's foreign policy. >> i guess that is the ideas. >>i guess he wanted to see the horse in dressage. motorcyclmost americans warrante deesteeple chase. i don't know why he did it. i can see why obama went to israel. you highlight that but that is not what people are about. >>woodruff: bringing him back home the campaign is still running. we are going to look at two adds adds-- ad quickly. president obama came to the white house with big plans. he would half the deficit, strengthen the economy and lower unemployment. what did we get? national debt over 15 trillion and climbing. unemployment about 8% for 40 straight months and ongoing economic crisis with no end in sight. he tried, you tried, it's ok to make a change. the republican national committee is responsible for the could be tencontent of this adv. we are a nation of workers and doers and dreamers. we work hard for what we get. and all we ask for is our hard work pays offer. offer-- off. i believe the way you grow the economy is from the middle up. i believe in fighting for the
obama's foreign policy. >> i guess that is the ideas. >>i guess he wanted to see the horse in dressage. motorcyclmost americans warrante deesteeple chase. i don't know why he did it. i can see why obama went to israel. you highlight that but that is not what people are about. >>woodruff: bringing him back home the campaign is still running. we are going to look at two adds adds-- ad quickly. president obama came to the white house with big plans. he would half the deficit,...
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foreign policy in the middle east and south asia. seth jones, what struck you the most about those remarks? >> well, i think it's very clear that the president is committed to pulling u.s. forces out of afghanistan especially combat forces. and his comment that the pace will be consistent and the forces will leave i think gives everybody a sense that he is committed to withdrawing the vast majority of the american forces from afghanistan. i think the trend is very clear. >> ifill: brian katulis, he laid out a lot of ideas for how the u.s. and the afghan forces will collaborate in the next year or two. are they achievable? >> i think they are. i think this speech was trying to strike the right balance between transition and ending this phase of the war. and offering enduring support. i think some of the most difficult challenges will come actually in the political and diplomatic sphere. he talked about peace with the taliban. he talked about the need to build enduring afghan institutions. i think this is one of the most difficult task
foreign policy in the middle east and south asia. seth jones, what struck you the most about those remarks? >> well, i think it's very clear that the president is committed to pulling u.s. forces out of afghanistan especially combat forces. and his comment that the pace will be consistent and the forces will leave i think gives everybody a sense that he is committed to withdrawing the vast majority of the american forces from afghanistan. i think the trend is very clear. >> ifill:...
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we brought us down to economy, a sensible foreign policy. those are the essential values of the democratic party, aren't they. >> love this country. i believe in the bright light of hope and possibility. i always have, even in the darkest hours. i know what america can achieve. i've seen it. i've lived it, and with barack obama, we can do it again. [crowd cheering] >> thank you very much. thank you. this is the cause of my life, new hope, that we will break the old grid lock and guarantee that every american north, south, east, west,ç young, old, willç have decent, quality healthcare as a fundamental right and not a privilege. [crowd cheering] >> today's decision was a victory for people all over this country whose lives will be more secure because of this law and the supreme court's decision to uphold it. >> if teddy were here, he would tell us now it's time to roll up our sleeves, get to work, fully implement the law and move on with the business of our country. >> thie oimme coming and it's oneco that i knw my husband would have loved
we brought us down to economy, a sensible foreign policy. those are the essential values of the democratic party, aren't they. >> love this country. i believe in the bright light of hope and possibility. i always have, even in the darkest hours. i know what america can achieve. i've seen it. i've lived it, and with barack obama, we can do it again. [crowd cheering] >> thank you very much. thank you. this is the cause of my life, new hope, that we will break the old grid lock and...
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but lugar, who has made his reputation mainly on matters of foreign policy, said such cooperation is needed now more than ever. >> we are experiencing deep political divisions in our society right now. these divisions have stalemated progress in critical areas. but these divisions are not insurmountable and i believe that people of good will regardless of party can work together for the benefit of our country. >> ifill: democrats who worked with lugar in the senate praised him today. >> dick argued that bipartisanship isn't an end in itself, and it's sometimes mistaken for centrism, compromise. when in fact, it is really the way of what he called being a constructive public servant, it is the way they approach their job, with self-reflection, discipline and gauge in faith in the good will of others. >> ifill: republicans were largely silent, but not richard mourdock. >> mourdock! mourdock! >> ifill: at his victory rally, mourdock said hoosiers were not voting against lugar. they were voting for a different approach to governing. >> this race is not about animosity, it is about ideas.
but lugar, who has made his reputation mainly on matters of foreign policy, said such cooperation is needed now more than ever. >> we are experiencing deep political divisions in our society right now. these divisions have stalemated progress in critical areas. but these divisions are not insurmountable and i believe that people of good will regardless of party can work together for the benefit of our country. >> ifill: democrats who worked with lugar in the senate praised him...
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he's now executive director of the foreign policy initiative. and james to bebins who tells various diplomatic posts of both the state department and the white house. jeff goldberg you had a 45- minute meeting with the president on this topic. after watching the conversation that happened after this meeting at the white house today, did the prime minister and the president get what they came for? >> i think that there's a 0% possibility that either man is going to leave these meetings getting all that he wanted. i think that the prime minister was coming to washington to get a level of specificity from the president. the president is not going to give him in terms of by what date will you attack iran if they don't cede to your requests and how and what are your red lines? the president indicated in many different ways that he's not going to provide that level of detail to anyone in part because he doesn't know. and in terms of what the president wanted, the president wanted to communicate in broad terms to the prime minister as he said that he h
he's now executive director of the foreign policy initiative. and james to bebins who tells various diplomatic posts of both the state department and the white house. jeff goldberg you had a 45- minute meeting with the president on this topic. after watching the conversation that happened after this meeting at the white house today, did the prime minister and the president get what they came for? >> i think that there's a 0% possibility that either man is going to leave these meetings...
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foreign policy. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you onlinend again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
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he's an expert on the european union as well as us foreign policy at the council on foreign relations. elaine, i wasn't sure how to pronounce the seduction part o f your book but hopefully i got it right. help us first understand what's happened in france. how much of this was a repudiation of sarkozy and how much about austerity? >> well, there were three reasons why sarkozy lost. first he was swept up in this anti-incumbent mood that has overturned so many governments in europe, sort of "kick the bums out." he had come into office promising a rupture, promising change, promising if you work harder you're going to earn more. it obviously didn't happen. so he was a victim of the same ten onnon-that has hit the rest of europe. but the other thing is that the right has been in power in france for 17 years. and so he suffered because his party had just been seated for so long. but the main reason was nobody liked sarkozy. he never learned how to seduce. he didn't like the french people. he didn't like going out into the country and touching voters. you know, petting cows, shooting the fa
he's an expert on the european union as well as us foreign policy at the council on foreign relations. elaine, i wasn't sure how to pronounce the seduction part o f your book but hopefully i got it right. help us first understand what's happened in france. how much of this was a repudiation of sarkozy and how much about austerity? >> well, there were three reasons why sarkozy lost. first he was swept up in this anti-incumbent mood that has overturned so many governments in europe, sort of...
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policy. >> i would say that maybe we ought to consider a golden rule in foreign policy. don't do to other nations (crowd booing) what we don't want to have them do to us. >> ifill: romney came under particular fire on money issues. when pressed he said he may release his income tax returns in april. he told reporters that would show he pays close to 15% of his income in taxes. much of the campaign's sharpest criticism have come not from the candidates themselves but from independent political action committees called super pacs. all five remaining candidates are getting help from free- spending outside group and some are chafing at the attacks they've launched. the pro romney pac restore our future falsely accused san santorum of supporting a bill that would allow felons to vote from prison. >> i did not have a super pac run ads against you. that is something completely out of the control of candidates. one of the things i decry in the current financial system that gets behind campaigns is that we have these voting requirements that put these super pacs in power that say
policy. >> i would say that maybe we ought to consider a golden rule in foreign policy. don't do to other nations (crowd booing) what we don't want to have them do to us. >> ifill: romney came under particular fire on money issues. when pressed he said he may release his income tax returns in april. he told reporters that would show he pays close to 15% of his income in taxes. much of the campaign's sharpest criticism have come not from the candidates themselves but from independent...
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that's to be followed by a foreign policy debate at lynn university in boca raton, florida, on october 22. the vice president shall debate will be held october 11 at center college in danville, kentucky. heading into the series, the latest polls show that nationally the obama-romney race is still close. but the president is moving ahead in most of the battle ground states. to get a sense of where the race stands, and what each campaign believes the candidates must do in those debates, we're joined by our regular duo, stuart rothenberg of the "rothenberg political report" and "roll call," and susan page, washington bureau chief of "u.s.a. today." welcome back to both of you. >> good to be here. woodruff: we just reported again, stu, nationally the race looks pretty close but in the battle ground states the president seems to have lead. what do you make of all that? >> that's exactly the case. national numbers show obama leading by two to four points. some polls have it it a little bit more. it's in the swing states particularly critical ohio where the obama lead appears to be four- to e
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yes, a democratic egypt will have an independent foreign policy. that will cause some friction with the united states. the united states has gotten a great deal, quote unquote, over the last 30 years. the only country whose nuclear vessels have had passage through the suez canal, intelligence-sharing, military cooperation and essentially a pliant egypt. of course, that will change if there's democracy. it should change. >> brown: what kind of discussions are going on here in washington among u.s. policy-makers? >> well, overall there is a determination to see this through and hope that egypt ends up a more democratic and open place but there is a tension at the heart of this because our primary interlocutors are the military. the military has served washington's interest. >> brown: they're the people we still know best. >> yes and they're the people we're continuing to work with because those interests have not gone away. i don't think policy makers have exactly worked out the tension between these two things. that's why we are kind of being taken
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policy credentials. on the agenda a meeting with polish prime minister. he also sat down with former president lech walesa but much of the voak us remained o knee's weekend visit to israel. on sunday he endorsed the israeli government's view that iran must not be allowed to go nuclear. >> we should employ any and all measures to dissuade the iranian regime from its nuclear course. and it is our fervent hope that diplomatic and economic measures will do so. in the final analysis, no option should be excluded. we recognize israel's right to defend itself. and that it is right for america to stand with you. ( applause ) >> woodruff: today romney caused a stir when he noted israel is far ahead of the palestinians economically. he cited a similar disparity between the u.s. and mexico. and he said, culture makes all the difference. the palestinians denounced the remark as racist. a senior aide to palestinian president abbas >> palestinians and israelis may be in conflict but palestinians and israelis are peopl
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i told you something about american foreign policy. we can't walk away from this don't make drastic decisions and pull back because of this crisis. there's a battle going on within arab countries, muslim countries, it's going to be their own battle and we have to understand we don't want to support the ones who are the extremists who will have the advantage if we do. >> brown: very interesting developments, shibley telhami and lawrence pintak, thank you very much. >> pleasure. >> woodruff: still to come on the newshour: hazing on college campuses; a syrian town caught in the crossfire; the presidential contest as romney releases tax forms; plus, shields and brooks. but first, the other news of the day. here's kwame holman. >> holman: all 33,000 u.s. troop sent to afghanistan as part of a military surge now have left the country. the official announcement came today from defense secretary leon panetta. president obama ordered the extra forces two years ago to help defeat the taliban and train afghan security elements. nearly 100,000 nat
i told you something about american foreign policy. we can't walk away from this don't make drastic decisions and pull back because of this crisis. there's a battle going on within arab countries, muslim countries, it's going to be their own battle and we have to understand we don't want to support the ones who are the extremists who will have the advantage if we do. >> brown: very interesting developments, shibley telhami and lawrence pintak, thank you very much. >> pleasure....
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policy, for instance, policy toward iran, to talk about manufacturing policy. i was with him in detroit last thursday when he addressed a detroit economic club talking about the deficit, talking about economic policy, talking about the manufacturing sector and how to encourage it. he's had some appeal in his home state of pennsylvania, as i'm sure terry will talk about, with the kind of voters the kind of blue collar voters that predominate in places like michigan, and ohio. >> brown: let me bring you in, terry. you've followed santorum for a long time. is this the appeal to conservatives and talking about social issues? has that been part of who he is for as long as he's been in politics? >> susan is exactly right. i mean, when he started, for example, in 1980 when he defeated an incumbent democrat, no one gave then rick santorum lawyer santorum a chance to win that race in a democratic district. he amassed lots of volunteers many of whom were pro-life. he won his senate seat in 1994 with the help of the christian coalition. he was solidly pro-life. but the fa
policy, for instance, policy toward iran, to talk about manufacturing policy. i was with him in detroit last thursday when he addressed a detroit economic club talking about the deficit, talking about economic policy, talking about the manufacturing sector and how to encourage it. he's had some appeal in his home state of pennsylvania, as i'm sure terry will talk about, with the kind of voters the kind of blue collar voters that predominate in places like michigan, and ohio. >> brown: let...
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they want a foreign policy that disengages from the world and the middle east and concentrates on national defense. they want a government that's not trying to manage americans' lives. ron paul is very concerned with things like raw milk rage. federal agents busting down people's door for selling raw milk. these lifestyle issues that the federal government insists on policing. ron paul people don't want them to police anymore which separates them from the g.o.p. mainstream. in their minds they want a return to what they think the original constitutional purpose of government is which is basically just to protect our life, liberty and property not redistributing income, not manage the world. >> woodruff: quickly john hall ston. at this point that is not what the republican party and its nominee is talking about. >> well exactly. that's why again them want to let the ron paul people be inside the tent in tampa but they don't want some of these ideas which are heretical to what the modern republican party is to be there in a prime time i don't think. that's again part of this delicate dance t
they want a foreign policy that disengages from the world and the middle east and concentrates on national defense. they want a government that's not trying to manage americans' lives. ron paul is very concerned with things like raw milk rage. federal agents busting down people's door for selling raw milk. these lifestyle issues that the federal government insists on policing. ron paul people don't want them to police anymore which separates them from the g.o.p. mainstream. in their minds they...
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the european union's foreign policy chief catherine ashton made the announcement, in response to a letter from iran last month. >> we hope that we will be able to now pursue with iran constructive engagement with the purpose of addressing the international communities' concerns about the nuclear gr opram. >> brown: iran alsogrodeed tuesday to allow u.n. inspectors inside the parchin military complex for the first time, after previously denying such access. the parchin site has been the subject of western suspicions that secret nuclear weapons work is going on there, something iran denies. the new developments came as iran's people are facing new and tougher economic sanctions imposed by the u.s. and the e.u. at his white house news conference yesterday, president obama said he still has hopes sanctions and diplomacy will provide a solution. >> we have a window through which we can resolve this issue peacefully. we have put forward an international framework that is applying unprecedented pressure. the iranians just stated that they are willing to return to the negotiating table. and we've
the european union's foreign policy chief catherine ashton made the announcement, in response to a letter from iran last month. >> we hope that we will be able to now pursue with iran constructive engagement with the purpose of addressing the international communities' concerns about the nuclear gr opram. >> brown: iran alsogrodeed tuesday to allow u.n. inspectors inside the parchin military complex for the first time, after previously denying such access. the parchin site has been...
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policy and this was frankly a disaster for the united states and a terrible tragedy so they see this as a way to criticize some of the president's policies in the region. >> brown: steven lee myers, daniel byman, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: now to our american graduate series on the high school dropout problem. tonight, we explore the pressures on a public school system in a city that's unexpectedly benefiting from economic good times. ray suarez has our story from north dakota. >> reporter: there is no better economic view in the u.s. than the one seen from above williston, north dakota. a rapidly expanding oil boom has taken root below, bringing with it widespread prosperity and an unemployment rate that sits at just 1%. this city's fortunes are in stark contrast to most of the nation. real estate is profitable. blue collar jobs are abundant. and much of the globe, including asia, the middle east and europe, is investing in the local economy. but as opportunities and new residents pour in, it is clear that williston, home to 12 thousand people just a few years ago
policy and this was frankly a disaster for the united states and a terrible tragedy so they see this as a way to criticize some of the president's policies in the region. >> brown: steven lee myers, daniel byman, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: now to our american graduate series on the high school dropout problem. tonight, we explore the pressures on a public school system in a city that's unexpectedly benefiting from economic good times. ray suarez has our...
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he's also turning a bit to foreign policy. >> woodruff: this mention of hispanic and women voters dante gets to a piece you wrote for the "washington post" this past week end where you talk about this practice that many of us who cover politics are guilty of. >> myself included. myself included. and we talk a lot about women in particular. it's such a massive part of the electorate. half the voting populous, a little more. and you know look, does romney have a problem with women? when you look at women as a whole, yeah, he does. but there are some women that are more conservative than others and the big one is you talk about hispanics. this is a really bad habit we have in the media talking about hispanics for latinos because the idea that, well, he could bring on rubio, rubio would hem him as a vice president and help him win hispanics. you know, rubio would help him in... senator rubio would help him in florida but the idea that that's going to matter to arizona, mexico, colorado, not all hispanics and latinos are the same. they have different issues, they come from other parts of the
he's also turning a bit to foreign policy. >> woodruff: this mention of hispanic and women voters dante gets to a piece you wrote for the "washington post" this past week end where you talk about this practice that many of us who cover politics are guilty of. >> myself included. myself included. and we talk a lot about women in particular. it's such a massive part of the electorate. half the voting populous, a little more. and you know look, does romney have a problem with...
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. >> the foreign policy is a little bit less rhetorical or ideal logical than his predecessor's. i think that in the sense that more risk-averse diplomacy, the more conservative in some sense diplomacy is good for not relations with brazil and the united states but actually for brazil's goals abroad. >> warner: president obama made a point of visiting brazil just two months after rousseff took office. but it wasn't long before rousseff was renewing brazil's call for greater fwlobl recognition. she used her first appearance at the u.n. general assembly last fall to declare that brazil and other emerging powers like india should have permanent seats on the security council. >> it is is not possible, mr. president, to delay this any more. the world needs a security council that reflects the contemporary reality we're living in. a council that includes new permanent and non-permanent members. >> warner: president obama endorsed another country, india's bid for a seat in 2010. but has not done the same for brazil. that's galling to brazilians. >> it's a treatment similar that the u.s.
. >> the foreign policy is a little bit less rhetorical or ideal logical than his predecessor's. i think that in the sense that more risk-averse diplomacy, the more conservative in some sense diplomacy is good for not relations with brazil and the united states but actually for brazil's goals abroad. >> warner: president obama made a point of visiting brazil just two months after rousseff took office. but it wasn't long before rousseff was renewing brazil's call for greater fwlobl...
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last week we had a dustup about foreign policy that continueed into this week. is there anything you're seeing as these numbers that show people can imagine one as president and not the other? >> the problem really here is for romney because his favorable ratings haven't gone up. he's not seen as any more credible than he was prior to conventions. they don't think he is honest in an honest and trustworthy to a great extent. he's afraid to take unpopular positions and they don't see him as sympathetic. he doesn't understand people like him. doesn't connect with the average guy. and there's no-- there's no change in these numbers. he did not fulfill his mission to improve public confidence in him as a leader in personal terms and certainly, as mark was noting, in terms of strong leader, good judgment in a crisis. obama's got him by double digits on these things. >> ifill: how hardened are voters' attitudes about these candidates. we know the cliche has been it's just the 10% or the 6% or 7% in the mid-who will remain undecided or up for grabs. are people-- are the
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policy problems and a difficult congress that -- including democrats that didn't always want to work with him. so he had his work cut out for him and that's an interesting moment because his voice is a little more fragile than it other -- throughout these meetings it's very decisive and commanding in times of great difficulty and at this moment near the end there's a fragile human quality. >> ifill: why did it take ten years of us to learn of the tapes and then 50 years for us to see them in this forum? >> well, the library has been releasing them to scholars since 1983 in targeted batched by thepls so cuban missile crisis tapes were released certain civil rights tapes were released but it takes time to go through the extent of these tapes and they need to be cleared by representatives of the federal government to make sure that there are no national security secrets being released. >> ifill: and also by the family. >> and by the family and it takes time to do it right. but in the last couple years the library has done an extraordinary thing by making the last batch available by fini
policy problems and a difficult congress that -- including democrats that didn't always want to work with him. so he had his work cut out for him and that's an interesting moment because his voice is a little more fragile than it other -- throughout these meetings it's very decisive and commanding in times of great difficulty and at this moment near the end there's a fragile human quality. >> ifill: why did it take ten years of us to learn of the tapes and then 50 years for us to see them...
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now if i could just change him on foreign policy, we might be able to talk business. >> brown: but for now at least the main business of the republican nomination fight: tax returns and contracts. the florida vote is one week away. >> woodruff: reporters and experts spent much of this day sorting through what was and wasn't released by mitt romney and newt gingrich. we take a closer look at what the documents tell us with a pair of reporters who have been poring through the papers. brody mullins is an investigative reporter with the "wall street journal." and jeanne cummings is an editor at bloomberg news. we appreciate you both being with us. brody mullins, i'm going start with you on governor romney. the total income he released 2010-2011, $43 million almost. what was that income from? >> mainly from investments. the tax code in the u.s. is set up in a way that when wealthy people invest in various funds and take a capital gain or dividend from that, they pay a very low tax rate, a 15% tax rate. for not lifting a finger or doing any actual sweat equity he was able to get his lower 15
now if i could just change him on foreign policy, we might be able to talk business. >> brown: but for now at least the main business of the republican nomination fight: tax returns and contracts. the florida vote is one week away. >> woodruff: reporters and experts spent much of this day sorting through what was and wasn't released by mitt romney and newt gingrich. we take a closer look at what the documents tell us with a pair of reporters who have been poring through the papers....
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foreign policy chief, had this take on the two days of talks. >> it's clear that we both want to make progress and that there is some common ground. however, significant differences remain. nonetheless, we do agree on the need for further discussion to expand the common ground. we will go back to respective capitals and consult. >> holman: in washington, secretary of state hillary clinton said the six-nation bloc will try to narrow its differences with iran in the next round of talks next month, in moscow. syrian government forces and the rebels fighting them have committed serious human rights abuses during the 14-month uprising. a u.n. investigation reached that conclusion today. it found government troops have killed entire families, while opposition forces kidnapped and tortured prisoners. the violence has continued despite u.n. attempts to broker a cease-fire. a 33-year-old murder mystery in new york city now has led to an arrest. the victim was six-year-old etan patz, who disappeared on his way to school in 1979. his case sparked the national drive to put the pictures of missing
foreign policy chief, had this take on the two days of talks. >> it's clear that we both want to make progress and that there is some common ground. however, significant differences remain. nonetheless, we do agree on the need for further discussion to expand the common ground. we will go back to respective capitals and consult. >> holman: in washington, secretary of state hillary clinton said the six-nation bloc will try to narrow its differences with iran in the next round of...
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he's at the start of a three-nation trip intended to burnish his foreign policy credentials. but romney, who ran the 2002 winter olympics in salt lake city, utah, irked his british hosts by appearing to question their ability to stage the games. >> reporter: his stumble came in an interview in london yesterday, when nbc's brian williams asked whether-- to romney's experienced eye-- the british appeared ready to host the games. >> you know, it's hard to know just how well it will turn out. there are a few things that were disconcerting, the stories about the private security firm not having enough people, supposed strike of the immigration and customs officials, that obviously is not something which is encouraging. >> reporter: today, in a visit to olympic park, prime minister david cameron issued a bit of a rebuke. >> we are holding an olympic games in one of the busiest, most active, bustling cities anywhere in the world. of course, it's easier if you hold an olympic games in the middle of nowhere. you know i visited nay pyi taw in burma recently and they have six lane highw
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. >> a foreign policy based on militarism and brut military force and wars for oil is making us less secure not more secure. we need to cut the budget and bring the troops home. and we need to end the drone wars. >> we should not bomb iran. we should get-- we should end war in afghanistan tomorrow, bring the troops home tomorrow. >> if i'm elected president i'll balance the budget and part of the cuts have to be in the department of defense. we cannot do as mitt romney and paul ryan suggest, increase military funding by $2 trillion over the next decade. >> reporter: to get on the stage last night, the candidates had to be on the ballot in a minimum number of states. or, they had to be polling at least 1% in any national survey. in the case of virgil goode, republicans tried to keep him off the ballot in virginia, fearing he might siphon votes from mitt romney. goode took on both romney and president obama on student loans, pell grants and rising tuition costs. >> you might not get what you want to hear from me, but you'll get straight talk. we can't afford more federal subsidized stu
. >> a foreign policy based on militarism and brut military force and wars for oil is making us less secure not more secure. we need to cut the budget and bring the troops home. and we need to end the drone wars. >> we should not bomb iran. we should get-- we should end war in afghanistan tomorrow, bring the troops home tomorrow. >> if i'm elected president i'll balance the budget and part of the cuts have to be in the department of defense. we cannot do as mitt romney and...
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whether it was the issue of the debt, whether it's the issue of foreign policy or our defense posture, we've had a lot of very good discussions. unfortunately we're not seen a lot of results. >> woodruff: how recently have you spoken with him? >> i talked to him just last week. >> woodruff: do you want me to tell me about what? >> i'm sure you'd love to know. >> woodruff: because he says that he thinks you would do more, you would be able to work more with the administration except you have members who just won't let you? >> when the president and i have been able to come to an agreement, there have been no issue at all in getting whatever the agreement was getting it passed. i think it's an excuse that the white house uses because there's so many areas we've not been able to come to an agreement on. >> woodruff: well, it appeared to the public last summer that you and he were pretty close to a deal on the debt ceiling. the big budget cuts, tax increases, but that you were in effect held back by your own membership. is that what happened? >> no, no. i was more than willing to put reve
whether it was the issue of the debt, whether it's the issue of foreign policy or our defense posture, we've had a lot of very good discussions. unfortunately we're not seen a lot of results. >> woodruff: how recently have you spoken with him? >> i talked to him just last week. >> woodruff: do you want me to tell me about what? >> i'm sure you'd love to know. >> woodruff: because he says that he thinks you would do more, you would be able to work more with the...
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policy. people want this change and he was the personification of the establishment. nonetheless it sends a message, don't compromise. and other republicans and other democrats will learn that lesson. >> woodruff: and mark, in west virginia, the president running in the democratic presidential primary, 60% of the vote against a convicted felon without got 40%. >> yeah, i think it's a terrible warning to the white house that, in a close democratic primary, democratic voters participating, that the president's o uponant who was a convicted felon serving 230 months in jail, got over 40% of the vote, carried 10 counties without spending a dime or without any kind of a campaign. and judy, it just says something that when the democratic united states senator will not say whether he voted for the president in the primary against the felon, nor will the democratic government never-- governor. that's a warning that are you in trouble. >> woodruff: it pay be a warning. >> i'm for voting for felons, it
policy. people want this change and he was the personification of the establishment. nonetheless it sends a message, don't compromise. and other republicans and other democrats will learn that lesson. >> woodruff: and mark, in west virginia, the president running in the democratic presidential primary, 60% of the vote against a convicted felon without got 40%. >> yeah, i think it's a terrible warning to the white house that, in a close democratic primary, democratic voters...
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the european union foreign policy chief, catherine ashton, said diplomacy is still possible, despite the failure in moscow. >> the choice is iran's. we expect iran to decide whether it is willing to make diplomacy work. to focus on reaching agreement on concrete confidence-building sets and to address the concerns of the international community. >> sreenivasan: ashton said high-level talks are being suspended. instead, lower-ranking representatives from the two sides will meet in istanbul, turkey, next month. the government of syria said today it is ready to heed a u.n. call to evacuate civilians from homs. it blamed rebels for obstructing the effort. today explosions and shelling continued to rock the region around homs. as many as a thousand families have been trapped by the ongoing assault on the city and surrounding towns. at the u.n., the chief of the observer mission to syria, norwegian general robert mood, briefed the security council on the rising violence. firefighters hoped to make more progress today in containing a wildfire in colorado that's burned across 92 square miles
the european union foreign policy chief, catherine ashton, said diplomacy is still possible, despite the failure in moscow. >> the choice is iran's. we expect iran to decide whether it is willing to make diplomacy work. to focus on reaching agreement on concrete confidence-building sets and to address the concerns of the international community. >> sreenivasan: ashton said high-level talks are being suspended. instead, lower-ranking representatives from the two sides will meet in...
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we saw more talk about immigration reform and discussions about foreign policy like we hadn't seen before much we saw talk about the western hemisphere. where else do you get that in these early states? i think we know a lot more about these candidates because they've campaigned in florida. we have a better picture of who they are and what they would do if they got the nomination and ultimately the presidency. >> woodruff: speaking of immigration, you were critical a few days ago of ads that the speaker, speaker gingrich, was running here in florida accusing governor romney of being anti-immigrant. but when you look at governor romney's position taking a much much harder line on illegal immigrants, couldn't that at least be interpreted as viewing people who come to this country from elsewhere as unwelcome? >> i think... again i don't want to get involved as a surrogate for one campaign or the other. let me say this. both candidates, all four of our candidates have offered a strong defense of legal immigration. those are immigrants too. people all across the world that are waiting to enter
we saw more talk about immigration reform and discussions about foreign policy like we hadn't seen before much we saw talk about the western hemisphere. where else do you get that in these early states? i think we know a lot more about these candidates because they've campaigned in florida. we have a better picture of who they are and what they would do if they got the nomination and ultimately the presidency. >> woodruff: speaking of immigration, you were critical a few days ago of ads...
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he called the president's foreign policy "feckless." the day's other major news came from the federal reserve, an aggressive new effort to stimulate the u.s. economy. the plan calls for buying $40 billion a month of mortgage- backed securities in a bid to make home-buying more affordable. the fed will also keep short- term interest rates at record lows into 2015. at a briefing, chairman ben bernanke said, "the idea is to quicken the recovery." >> we're not promising a cure to all these ills but when we came to provide some support and by assuring the publl we will be prepared to take action if the economy falters, we're hopeful that will increase confidence and make people more willing to invest higher and spend. >> sreenivasan: wall street surged on the fed's announcement. shares of banks and materials companies led the advance. the dow jones industrial average gained 206 points to close near 13,540. the nasdaq rose 41 points to close near 3,156. th the dow and the s&p finished at their highest since december of 2007. the u.s. house ha
he called the president's foreign policy "feckless." the day's other major news came from the federal reserve, an aggressive new effort to stimulate the u.s. economy. the plan calls for buying $40 billion a month of mortgage- backed securities in a bid to make home-buying more affordable. the fed will also keep short- term interest rates at record lows into 2015. at a briefing, chairman ben bernanke said, "the idea is to quicken the recovery." >> we're not promising a...
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we can onto have assed if a foreign policy as the public's understanding of world affairs, and the tragedy is, the public's understanding of world affairs in america today is abysmal. >> brown: abysmal. >> it is ignorant. it is probably the least informed public of the world among the developed countries in the world. >> brown: what are the consequences-- you spend a fair amount of time on this in the book it's consequences of not adjusting to the global shift, the global crise as you describe it? >> i think the consequences are likely to involve more turmoil in the sense that certain problems which could be avoided move the get out of hand. first on the list, obviously, is iran, and the likely consequences, the destructive consequences of military violence there. the consequences are likely to be more regional crises. the cons againsts are likely to be the absence of complective responsibilities to the new global problems that affect all of humanity. >> "strategic vision: america and the crisis of global power." breadth, thank you for talking with us. >> thank you, as always. >> ifill: a
we can onto have assed if a foreign policy as the public's understanding of world affairs, and the tragedy is, the public's understanding of world affairs in america today is abysmal. >> brown: abysmal. >> it is ignorant. it is probably the least informed public of the world among the developed countries in the world. >> brown: what are the consequences-- you spend a fair amount of time on this in the book it's consequences of not adjusting to the global shift, the global...
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policy. the military council is now reported to be discussing a deal over the presidency with the muslim brotherhood. it's a far cry from the ideals which drove the tahrir square protestors last year. >> sreenivasan: the generals took power after the ouster of president hosni mubarak. he remained at a military hospital today amid conflicting reports about the state of his health. it turns out that heart attacks trigger post-traumatic stress disorder in one out of eight patients, and the stress can double the risk of dying from a second heart attack. researchers at columbia university medical center reported the findings today based on the results of 24 smaller studies. p.t.s.d. has long been known to affect combat veterans and victims of violent crime. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: money flowing in, money flowing out, and candidates making their cases on hand-picked issues. we begin our political update on the campaign trail. ♪ i was born free... >>
policy. the military council is now reported to be discussing a deal over the presidency with the muslim brotherhood. it's a far cry from the ideals which drove the tahrir square protestors last year. >> sreenivasan: the generals took power after the ouster of president hosni mubarak. he remained at a military hospital today amid conflicting reports about the state of his health. it turns out that heart attacks trigger post-traumatic stress disorder in one out of eight patients, and the...
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. >> foreign policy magazine editor susan glasser traveled with the clinton delegation to china. she says u.s. officials believe they tried to help chen. >> they thought they did the best they could do. i wouldn't say they thought this was necessarily a great deal. clearly, there's not a ton of guarantees that the chinese will abide by this agreement. i think they were very careful to say that they believe this is what chen wanted was to stay in china. if he's changed his mind, obviously, that changes how we're going to loo upon this del and whether it was the right thing to do. >> meanwhile, the chinese government demand an apology from the united states. the foreign minister said: in the meantime, security was tight outside the hospital where chen is being treated, and the hospital's name was quickly banned as a search term on chese rninette we take a closer look now at this still unfolding story with shao chung, director of the berkeley-china internet project at u.c. berkeley, and editor of the "china digital times," an online publication. and evan osnos, who's written on chen
. >> foreign policy magazine editor susan glasser traveled with the clinton delegation to china. she says u.s. officials believe they tried to help chen. >> they thought they did the best they could do. i wouldn't say they thought this was necessarily a great deal. clearly, there's not a ton of guarantees that the chinese will abide by this agreement. i think they were very careful to say that they believe this is what chen wanted was to stay in china. if he's changed his mind,...
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isn't just a foreign policy issue. this is a domestic security issue within the country. i think this is a message to assad saying if you keep this up across the border we're going to find every way we can to get you out there. >> suarez: there are now over 100,000 refugees having crossed into syria. syria seems to be waiting for help from the rest of the world but has to handle the escalation on its own. >> well, there are no good solutions to this one. you know, the turkish angle is certainly one of the most important ones because the turks'' hand has been forced. not only are there civilians getting killed by mortar attacks across the border but also the refugee situation and probably that $100,000 figure is on the low side because there are a lot of more unregistered ones. as for the interception of the aircraft if the prime minister is going to make good on his declared goal to get rid of assad the least they can do is control their air space. that happens to be part of the space through which supply flights go. >> suarez: each week brings new outrage as we saw the d
isn't just a foreign policy issue. this is a domestic security issue within the country. i think this is a message to assad saying if you keep this up across the border we're going to find every way we can to get you out there. >> suarez: there are now over 100,000 refugees having crossed into syria. syria seems to be waiting for help from the rest of the world but has to handle the escalation on its own. >> well, there are no good solutions to this one. you know, the turkish angle...
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are getting us out of this mess. ( cheers ) you can choose the foreign policy that's reckless and wrong, or you can choose one that's steady and strong. ( cheers ) you can choose to turn back the clock 50 years for women and for immigrants and for gays, or, in this election, you can stand up for that basic principle that makes our country the envy of the world, that we're all created equal. >> brown: those comments come amid continued fallout over statements about abortion by indiana republican senate candidate richard mourdock in a debate tuesday night. >> and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> brown: in a new ad out today, the obama campaign attempted to link romney to mourdock, and to comments made by vice presidential nominee paul ryan. >> so, i'm very proud of my pro- life record, and i've always adopted the idea, the position that the method of conception doesn't change the definition of life. >> brown: romney has distanced himself from murdock's remarks even while continuing to support him. romney
are getting us out of this mess. ( cheers ) you can choose the foreign policy that's reckless and wrong, or you can choose one that's steady and strong. ( cheers ) you can choose to turn back the clock 50 years for women and for immigrants and for gays, or, in this election, you can stand up for that basic principle that makes our country the envy of the world, that we're all created equal. >> brown: those comments come amid continued fallout over statements about abortion by indiana...
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on monday, we'll look at the presidential candidates on foreign policy. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: intel bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
on monday, we'll look at the presidential candidates on foreign policy. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: intel bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that...